I was wondering lately how much it would cost a company to create a tool like Picto Selector. So i started to estimate the total hours I’ve put into the project. This includes the translation to Dutch and English.

Time flies when having fun 🙂

In a company it costs over 100 euro per hour.

I also looked how much it cost to let a translation company translate Picto Selector into another language: 5000 euro. Assuming that most symbols are now also translated to French, German and Danish. It adds another 15000…

Adding other overhead costs I come to the conclusion that the current commercial value is something of 150.000 euro 🙂
Not bad for a hobby project…

Picto Selector is used to create visual schedules. Using pictures to explain/show a task. It contains over 23000 images and provides a easy way to order the images in a meaningfull way. It is written for parents and teachers of children with autism. And also used in many “normal” schools, speech therapists etc.

Picto Selector is already partly translated by a volunteer to Brazilian Portuguese but this translation is not complete. The Portuguese translation is maintained by Luiz Marques (Starglider Systems).